Tuesday, 5 July 2016

NBA: It's crazy, Kevin Durant joins Golden State Warriors.

The biggest question since free agency day began some days ago has been, where will Kevin Durant be inking his next contract? Several teams held meetings with KD in other to prise him away from The Thunder where he has forged a brotherly relationship with Russell Westbrook but news had it that the teams with the best bet of landing him were Golden State Warriors and Oklahoma City Thunder.


Then on Monday afternoon, it's KD joining Warriors. It's really crazy. Before this move, the Warriors were arguably the best team in the NBA, just forget that Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA title, but with this, they are surely the superpower of the NBA.

 Come to think of it, am sure this move will pretty upset the chemistry of the Warriors. It just raises many questions. Who gets to make more shots? How would Kevin Durant's game affect Klay Thompson's role? Just look at how Cleveland Cavaliers have been trying so hard to cope with their Big three, surely, Kevin Love's game has declined since he left Minnesota Timberwolves.

Some NBA players are already insinuating that with his arrival, Splash brothers (Curry & Thompson) will be changed to Splash family. Well, I kind of agree but am pretty sure we won't see much of Thompson shooting the ball as we have been used to.


Obviously, the rationale behind this move is to wrestle the NBA title from Cleveland Cavaliers. As it stands, the Cavs and Warriors are the undisputed kings of their conferences. It's just like the Barcelona-Real madrid dominance of the Spanish La Liga.

Kevin Durant is expected to sign a two-year, $54.3 million contract which would include a player option after first year, according to ESPN's Marc Stein. He announced the news on a post on The Player's Tribune.

"The primary mandate I had for myself in making this decision was to have it based on the potential for my growth as a player - as that has steered me in the right direction,".  "But I am also at the point in my life where it is of equal importance to find an opportunity that encourages my evolution as a man: moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest potential for my contribution and personal growth".
"With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors."

With this development, all the rest of the league can forget about the NBA title for at least the next three years.

3 comments:

  1. Lol..i'm a huge fan of this team up.
    Damn straight the title's going to live with GSW for the next 6 years.

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    1. Thanks for your comment. GSW will kill the league with 3-point shooting

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  2. The chemistry won't decline. No because Golden state's philosophy is to pass up a good shot for a great shot. They ain't a selfish group and if the lebron James Miami Heat and the current cavs team cud overlook alot of short coming and win titles, then this Warriors team has a better chance at chemistry and even achieving more

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